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IGT 9/22 Nats v. Mets deGrom goes for #16

Ashie62 Sep 21 2017 04:51 PM

Lets hit abit and make it easier for Jacob.

d'Kong76 Sep 21 2017 05:07 PM Re: IGT 9/22 Nats v. Mets deGrom goes for #16

Tidbits: NYM are 7-1 in deGrom's last 8 starts vs. WAS. WAS are 45-15 in the last 60 meetings in New York.

Centerfield Sep 21 2017 05:15 PM Re: IGT 9/22 Nats v. Mets deGrom goes for #16

Nothing is worse than losing a day game on Wednesday, followed by an off-day Thursday. It feels like you have to wait two weeks before the Friday night game. Not that anything matters in 2017. The whole year sucks.

Ceetar Sep 21 2017 05:45 PM Re: IGT 9/22 Nats v. Mets deGrom goes for #16

deGrom has 15 wins? (I assume that's what we're talking about) do the Mets even have that many?

Edgy MD Sep 21 2017 08:16 PM Re: IGT 9/22 Nats v. Mets deGrom goes for #16

[tweet:jpb4947c]https://twitter.com/NYDNSports/status/910954133720625152[/tweet:jpb4947c] So he must've seen yesterday's game also.

Benjamin Grimm Sep 21 2017 08:32 PM Re: IGT 9/22 Nats v. Mets deGrom goes for #16

It won't cost deGrom a start, anyway. Whether starting on Friday or Sunday, he still has two starts remaining this year. While 17 wins isn't exactly unprecedented, it is a pretty impressive number these days. It would be a nice thing for him to reach that total.

Ceetar Sep 21 2017 08:45 PM Re: IGT 9/22 Nats v. Mets deGrom goes for #16

Benjamin Grimm wrote: It won't cost deGrom a start, anyway. Whether starting on Friday or Sunday, he still has two starts remaining this year. While 17 wins isn't exactly unprecedented, it is a pretty impressive number these days. It would be a nice thing for him to reach that total. I guess? It's just pitcher wins.

Benjamin Grimm Sep 21 2017 08:49 PM Re: IGT 9/22 Nats v. Mets deGrom goes for #16

I know it's not the most accurate of stats, and it's no longer in vogue, but a nice W-L record still looks good on the back of the baseball card.

Ceetar Sep 21 2017 09:05 PM Re: IGT 9/22 Nats v. Mets deGrom goes for #16

not as nice as that 10.51 K/9 or the 28.4K%! 9th best K% in the league. Though it'd be nice if he hadn't walked so many this season. At least it's been somewhat better in the second half, as has his velocity.

Centerfield Sep 21 2017 09:15 PM Re: IGT 9/22 Nats v. Mets deGrom goes for #16

Ceetar wrote: not as nice as that 10.51 K/9 or the 28.4K%! 9th best K% in the league. Though it'd be nice if he hadn't walked so many this season. At least it's been somewhat better in the second half, as has his velocity. Are those numbers even on a baseball card? Do they still have cool little factoids about the ballplayers?

Ashie62 Sep 21 2017 10:22 PM Re: IGT 9/22 Nats v. Mets deGrom goes for #16

Both.

seawolf17 Sep 21 2017 11:00 PM Re: IGT 9/22 Nats v. Mets deGrom goes for #16

Centerfield wrote: Ceetar wrote: not as nice as that 10.51 K/9 or the 28.4K%! 9th best K% in the league. Though it'd be nice if he hadn't walked so many this season. At least it's been somewhat better in the second half, as has his velocity. Are those numbers even on a baseball card? Do they still have cool little factoids about the ballplayers?

Ceetar Sep 22 2017 01:35 PM Re: IGT 9/22 Nats v. Mets deGrom goes for #16

That's not an interesting factoid. They could at least give us something that's not on 452 blogs and news sites?

Benjamin Grimm Sep 22 2017 01:37 PM Re: IGT 9/22 Nats v. Mets deGrom goes for #16

Yeah, an interesting factoid would be something like "Jacob has three nostrils!"

41Forever Sep 22 2017 02:27 PM Re: IGT 9/22 Nats v. Mets deGrom goes for #16

Seventeen wins on a team that might not win 75 games would be very impressive. No factoid will ever match the milkshakes revelation:

Centerfield Sep 22 2017 03:00 PM Re: IGT 9/22 Nats v. Mets deGrom goes for #16

Ceetar wrote: That's not an interesting factoid. They could at least give us something that's not on 452 blogs and news sites? Couldn't agree more. The milkshake thing is a factoid.

d'Kong76 Sep 22 2017 03:03 PM Re: IGT 9/22 Nats v. Mets deGrom goes for #16

2-day IGT's are the best.

Frayed Knot Sep 22 2017 03:54 PM Re: IGT 9/22 Nats v. Mets deGrom goes for #16

So the revamped starters are Edwin Jackson vs Robert Gsellman The now 34 y/o Jackson is on his 12th* ML team in 15 seasons and on his second go-around with the Nats. He was called in to replace Joe Ross as 5th starter when he went down in mid-season and has made 11 starts since with his usual mediocre results [5-6; 4.77; 1.39] but it's not like we've exactly been smacking around mediocre pitchers lately. * Dodgers (3 seasons), then Rays (3), Tigers (1), DBacks (< 1), ChiSox (1), Cards (< 1), Nats (1), Cubs (2+), Braves (< 1), Marlins (< 1), Padres (< 1), Orioles (< 1), and now signed again by the Nats in June That's a lot of packing and unpacking.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Sep 22 2017 03:57 PM Re: IGT 9/22 Nats v. Mets deGrom goes for #16

The Mets should hire George Theodore to operate/brand a milkshake stand. JEFF I NEED TO STOP DOING YOUR WORK FOR YOU

Frayed Knot Sep 22 2017 04:08 PM Re: IGT 9/22 Nats v. Mets deGrom goes for #16

Yeah, like Jeff has any idea who George Theodore is.

Edgy MD Sep 22 2017 05:12 PM Re: IGT 9/22 Nats v. Mets deGrom goes for #16

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: The Mets should hire George Theodore to operate/brand a milkshake stand. JEFF I NEED TO STOP DOING YOUR WORK FOR YOU The truth is, you need to start doing his work for him.

41Forever Sep 22 2017 05:41 PM Re: IGT 9/22 Nats v. Mets deGrom goes for #16

Frayed Knot wrote: Yeah, like Jeff has any idea who George Theodore is. He's a social worker in Salt Lake City -- at least he was in 2011 -- and is a cool story! [url]http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baseball/mets/mets-outfielder-george-theodore-talks-73-collision-don-hahn-alters-career-article-1.145385

G-Fafif Sep 22 2017 07:41 PM Re: IGT 9/22 Nats v. Mets deGrom goes for #16

Well leadin' off we got this fella Aoki, which sounds a lot like a Oak, which is who I managed in Oakland when I met Mister Weiss, who brought me to New York the first time and we won some ballgames for the owners but when i turned seventy they decided I wuzn't quite as young as I used to be and they told me my services wuz no longer required, so it was back to Glendale with Missus Stengel who got tired of looking at me for very long and here I am, like Aoki is in right. Next up at second is Mister Reyes, who gave the ballclub some mighty fine years before the owner in Miami tempted him with a big contract that seemed too good to be true because it wuz and then he went to Canada where he decided it was cold and Colorado where he decided it was high and Hawaii, which he shouldn'ta done at all, but he's here again and he's giving the club another good year in the last half though not much in the first half and ya hafta decide what yer lookin' at, but if ya look too long, Mister Reyes'll take off from first and be on second, which is also where he'll be fielding his position which he's not as good at as he was at short, but he's not that good there either anymore and even worse at third but he keeps smilin', which ain't easy around here right now so ya gotta hand it to him, 'cuz if you don't, he'll take third on ya. The third batter and third baseman is a fella whose first name I can't pronounce but he gets up every morning with a body in almost as old a shape as mine and he comes here and he'll play anywhere ya tell him, even if sometimes he complains that he wants to be somewhere else, he's always here, making the plays sometimes, sometimes making the errors, which kind of sounds like his last name, which is Cabrera, though the first name might hafta be named later. Cleaning up is a kid Nemo who is always happy to be here, whatever it he is asked to do he comes out grinning his teeth from Wyoming right back to Central Park, which is where he could live in the offseason as I don't expect to be using my rooms they give me at the Essex House when I'm back in Californy, and if he stays in New York City in the winter, he'll get to know the sponsors and the fans and they'll give him a big hand next year because they know he's one of them now, usually not so easy if yer from Wyoming because you hafta watch out for the black bears and the brown bears and I don't mean the ones in our bullpen, which is quite a thing to have, but that's how they like to be known. Nemo will be in left. My catcher is Mister d'Arnaud, who sounds French but is part Filipino, where I played an exhibition in the last century when my legs wasn't so gnarled. We didn't have a d'Arnaud on that trip, but this one can run better than I ever could, though the throwing seems to get the best of him and the catching is nothin' special and the hittin' only sometimes gets it done, which is why the thought to have him share home plate with the Palooka kid isn't a bad idea, because if you don't have two catchers, you have no chance picking up the plurality of passed balls that these pitchers is throwing this year but hopefully not as much when they take 'em out and drill 'em in Florida, where the sun casts shadows and you learn that this here game is loomin' on ya. Next up is Smith, which could be anybody, but this one is a big boy and I like his hands and I like his bat sometimes but I wish he'd steer clear of the post game buffet they put out because one Smith is plenty and I don't need a first baseman who's larger than life. I'll take care of that. Our phee-nom Rosario plays short and hits next and he can hit a lot but he's gotta stay away from certain foods, too, not because he ain't wiry, 'cuz he is, but because he gets the food poisoning and he misses a series in Miami and they have the strong coffee and the strong slugger who hits our pitchers, so I don't need balls slipping through the infield where Rosario oughta be. I've got socks older than this kid, but none of them is as promising, so that's a good thing. Mister Lagares is in center and batting eighth, and he'll run down whatever ya need out there. My announcer says his glove is where extry base hits go to die, which is clever, but so is Mister Lagares's bat, meanin' deadly, which explains maybe why he's not higher up in the order, but I don't make the contracts or the rules or the orders. I just add the commentary when they ask, which isn't as often as you'd think for a baseball man of my vintage, but they gave me the vice president title and send me the checks so I keep my mouth shut except when I don't and I expect Mister Lagares could improve if they put his mind to it. The pitcher is a long-haired feller about who we have plenty of those, barberin' not bein' the career option it used ta be when I was comin' up and if ya couldn't make it as a ballplayer, ya'd wanna learn a trade, mine bein' dentistry, which ain't exactly a stroll in the park, but a pair'a scissors can come in handy if ya wanna cut down on the walks and runs because ya give up enough'a those, then yer in the barber shop with the rest of the know-it-alls who'll tell ya ya shoulda bunted when ya didn't, but I'm not necessarily willin' to give up those outs, and this long-haired fella could bunt when they called on him but he couldn't do anything else with a bat 'cuz they forgot to tell him his shoulder was achin' and he wuz the only one who didn't go and get himself disabled and they went to the one-game playoff which ain't enough when yer facin' elimination which is what we had when our other long-haired fella last year couldn't beat their long-haired fella, but that was last year and I seen my share of 'em, and this year we have one really dee-pendable long-haired fella, then we have this man, whose name is Gizellman and he's the man batting ninth.

d'Kong76 Sep 22 2017 08:19 PM Re: IGT 9/22 Nats v. Mets deGrom goes for #16

[tweet:11h0u7p5]https://twitter.com/Nationals/status/911321266069569537[/tweet:11h0u7p5]

Edgy MD Sep 22 2017 08:26 PM Re: IGT 9/22 Nats v. Mets deGrom goes for #16

I must say, that is superheroic work by the Fresh Prince of Baldwin.

Frayed Knot Sep 22 2017 08:27 PM Re: IGT 9/22 Nats v. Mets deGrom goes for #16

d'Kong76 wrote: [tweet]https://twitter.com/Nationals/status/911321266069569537[/tweet] Holy shit, they left their entire starting lineup at home!!

batmagadanleadoff Sep 22 2017 08:43 PM Re: IGT 9/22 Nats v. Mets deGrom goes for #16

The problem with this year's Mets is that in order to win a pennant, you hafta think that you ain't as good as you think you are. Wow!

Ashie62 Sep 22 2017 09:52 PM Re: IGT 9/22 Nats v. Mets deGrom goes for #16

So thats where Alejandro DeAza ended up.

Edgy MD Sep 22 2017 10:44 PM Re: IGT 9/22 Nats v. Mets deGrom goes for #16

Frayed Knot wrote: Holy shit, they left their entire starting lineup at home!! The closest thing to a starter is Kendrick, who has been filling in in the outfield during Harper's rehabilitation POS WHO STARTS WHO STARTS VS. THE METS c Wieters Severino 1b Zimmerman Lind 2b Murphy Kendrick 3b Rendon Sanchez ss Turner Difo lf Kendrick De Aza cf Taylor Robles rf Werth Bautista

Frayed Knot Sep 22 2017 11:03 PM Re: IGT 9/22 Nats v. Mets deGrom goes for #16

Just Murphy & Rendon sitting takes 6 or 7 hits out of their lineup vs NYM pitching.

Edgy MD Sep 22 2017 11:37 PM Re: IGT 9/22 Nats v. Mets deGrom goes for #16

Warthen: "You've loaded the bases with no outs. Try to throw some popups."

Edgy MD Sep 22 2017 11:42 PM Re: IGT 9/22 Nats v. Mets deGrom goes for #16

FILIPINO FIRE!! PINOY POWA!!

Frayed Knot Sep 23 2017 12:32 AM Re: IGT 9/22 Nats v. Mets deGrom goes for #16

Oh good, getting our butts kicked already and not until tomorrow and Sunday are we forced to face actual major league hitters and pitchers.

Edgy MD Sep 23 2017 12:37 AM Re: IGT 9/22 Nats v. Mets deGrom goes for #16

Kendrick and Kompany 6, Mets 1. We're talking to the Bigelow Tea heiress in the radio booth and it's a welcome diversion.

Edgy MD Sep 23 2017 12:51 AM Re: IGT 9/22 Nats v. Mets deGrom goes for #16

. [bigpurple:dxtgd3g1]All tied up!![/bigpurple:dxtgd3g1] [bigpurple:dxtgd3g1]TAGALOG TALENT!![/bigpurple:dxtgd3g1]

John Cougar Lunchbucket Sep 23 2017 12:51 AM Re: IGT 9/22 Nats v. Mets deGrom goes for #16

d'Arnaud is like, fuck it, I'm going to start hitting

Frayed Knot Sep 23 2017 12:53 AM Re: IGT 9/22 Nats v. Mets deGrom goes for #16

It's shots like that that keeps one from giving up on d'Arnaud Off the bat that looked like a line drive which, at best, you were hoping would split the OFs Mets are only hitting tonight with ticket holders in the booth w/GKR

Edgy MD Sep 23 2017 01:08 AM Re: IGT 9/22 Nats v. Mets deGrom goes for #16

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: d'Arnaud is like, fuck it, I'm going to start hitting Laggy, too. Now that we've made the season a disaster, let's save our careers.

Edgy MD Sep 23 2017 01:23 AM Re: IGT 9/22 Nats v. Mets deGrom goes for #16

So, is tonight the night that you give a save chance to Jeurys again, assuming one is available? Or is it more important to get Ramos back on the horse?

Edgy MD Sep 23 2017 01:24 AM Re: IGT 9/22 Nats v. Mets deGrom goes for #16

Out at second on a drive off the wall? Bleh.

MFS62 Sep 23 2017 01:31 AM Re: IGT 9/22 Nats v. Mets deGrom goes for #16

When I saw the Nats' lineup, the first thing that came to mind was "Don't let Adam Lind* beat you". I was going to post it but was late for an appointment. That dinger was on me. I hope this isn't too late for the Mets to read. Later * He's an ex- Blue Jay and I know my pals in Canada will rub it in.

Edgy MD Sep 23 2017 01:34 AM Re: IGT 9/22 Nats v. Mets deGrom goes for #16

My girlfriend is from Canada.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Sep 23 2017 01:50 AM Split 1

Take that, Kelley. Rosario's tough AB wore him out

Frayed Knot Sep 23 2017 01:51 AM Re: IGT 9/22 Nats v. Mets deGrom goes for #16

It's not a good look for the Nats that their trainer seems to have a belly and man-boobs.

Edgy MD Sep 23 2017 01:55 AM Re: IGT 9/22 Nats v. Mets deGrom goes for #16

I can't remember the last time I even saw a pitch-out.

Frayed Knot Sep 23 2017 02:01 AM Re: IGT 9/22 Nats v. Mets deGrom goes for #16

Didn't Peter Gabriel write a song about this guy? -- Oh Difo, Difo, Difo, Dee-Foe

John Cougar Lunchbucket Sep 23 2017 02:02 AM Re: IGT 9/22 Nats v. Mets deGrom goes for #16

Nice catch Nori.

d'Kong76 Sep 23 2017 02:09 AM Re: IGT 9/22 Nats v. Mets deGrom goes for #16

Smoker Smoker; Smoke, Smoke!

Edgy MD Sep 23 2017 02:10 AM Re: IGT 9/22 Nats v. Mets deGrom goes for #16

And Smoker pitching like a champ too. Mets showing some heart for the first time in weeks, and Familia returns to the closer role.

Lefty Specialist Sep 23 2017 02:10 AM Re: IGT 9/22 Nats v. Mets deGrom goes for #16

Familia on for the save, just like the old days.

Fman99 Sep 23 2017 02:14 AM Re: IGT 9/22 Nats v. Mets deGrom goes for #16

BOOKS

d'Kong76 Sep 23 2017 02:14 AM Re: IGT 9/22 Nats v. Mets deGrom goes for #16

Edgy MD Sep 23 2017 02:15 AM Re: IGT 9/22 Nats v. Mets deGrom goes for #16

Ka-POW!!! Best showing in months. Thanks for the game, Syracuse Chiefs!

MFS62 Sep 23 2017 02:18 AM Re: IGT 9/22 Nats v. Mets deGrom goes for #16

Edgy MD wrote: My girlfriend is from Canada. Jays' fan, eh? Later

Benjamin Grimm Sep 23 2017 11:59 AM Re: IGT 9/22 Nats v. Mets deGrom goes for #16

Cast your vote!

A Boy Named Seo Sep 23 2017 03:45 PM Re: IGT 9/22 Nats v. Mets deGrom goes for #16

All credit for this victory goes to Greg's legendary page 1 post and Edgy Michael Hall's Canadian "girlfriend".

Edgy MD Sep 23 2017 04:42 PM Re: IGT 9/22 Nats v. Mets deGrom goes for #16

My girlfriend couldn't get Cabrera's broken-down ass into second base. I've realized that I need September wins more than I thought, because nothing else is going on. There isn't a minor league team to turn to when the Mets are getting whupped. Desmond Lindsay isn't turning it around somewhere. There aren't front office machinations or draft-day prep or even off-season rumors. There's just the Mets, playing out the string. And in the case of this year, mostly terribly.

A Boy Named Seo Sep 23 2017 04:59 PM Re: IGT 9/22 Nats v. Mets deGrom goes for #16

Meaningless September games will have all the meaning when it's December and it's cold and it's dark and all the grass is brown and the players are gone and the stadiums are empty and we only have spring to look forward to. C'mon skinny love.

Benjamin Grimm Oct 13 2017 11:04 AM Re: IGT 9/22 Nats v. Mets deGrom goes for #16